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Nigel Shadbolt publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel Shadbolt sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 632 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Nigel Shadbolt D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel Shadbolt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Nigel Shadbolt is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has made significant contributions to multiple fields related to computer science and social sciences. Their research spans a diverse set of topics, with an emphasis on privacy, security, and data protection.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Goodbye Tracking? Impact of iOS App Tracking Transparency and Privacy Labels," 2022, presented at the 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
  • "Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics," 2025, published in Nature
  • "Informing Age-Appropriate AI: Examining Principles and Practices of AI for Children," 2022, presented at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Before and after GDPR: tracking in mobile apps," 2021, published in Internet Policy Review
  • "The Goldilocks level of support: Using user reviews, ratings, and installation numbers to investigate digital self-control tools," 2022, featured in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nigel Shadbolt include:

  • Konrad Kollnig
  • Max Van Kleek
  • Jun Zhao
  • Siddhartha Datta
  • Reuben Binns

The researcher has contributed extensively to several publication venues. These include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
  • Nature

The scope of Nigel Shadbolt's main fields of study encompasses:

  • Computer Science
  • Social Sciences

Subfields within their research focus are:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Human-Computer Interaction

The scientist's primary research topics cover:

  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Nigel Shadbolt has authored books published by Yale University Press, including two editions of As If Human released in 2024.

Among the awards received by the scientist are:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2017
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), awarded in 2006

Best Publications

  • The Semantic Web Revisited

    N. Shadbolt;W. Hall;T. Berners-Lee

  • The Semantic Web

    Unknown

  • Ontological user profiling in recommender systems

    Stuart E. Middleton;Nigel R. Shadbolt;David C. De Roure

  • An integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems

    Trung Dong Huynh;Nicholas R. Jennings;Nigel R. Shadbolt

  • Resource Description Framework (RDF)

    Nicholas Gibbins;Nigel Shadbolt

  • Eliciting Knowledge from Experts: A Methodological Analysis

    R. R. Hoffman;N. R. Shadbolt;A. M. Burton;G. Klein

  • Automatic ontology-based knowledge extraction from Web documents

    H. Alani;Sanghee Kim;D.E. Millard;M.J. Weal

  • 'It's Reducing a Human Being to a Percentage': Perceptions of Justice in Algorithmic Decisions

    Reuben Binns;Max Van Kleek;Michael Veale;Ulrik Lyngs

  • Use of the Critical Decision Method to Elicit Expert Knowledge: A Case Study in the Methodology of Cognitive Task Analysis:

    Robert R. Hoffman;Beth Crandall;Nigel Shadbolt

  • A Framework for Web Science

    Tim Berners-Lee;Wendy Hall;James A. Hendler;Kieron O'Hara

  • Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web

    James Hendler;Nigel Shadbolt;Wendy Hall;Tim Berners-Lee

  • Creating a Science of the Web

    Tim Berners-Lee;Wendy Hall;James Hendler;Nigel Shadbolt

  • A fuzzy constraint based model for bilateral, multi-issue negotiations in semi-competitive environments

    Xudong Luo;Nicholas R. Jennings;Nigel Shadbolt;Ho-fung Leung

  • Knowledge Engineering and Management

    G. Schreiber;H. Akkermans;A. Anjewierden;R. de Hoog

  • The Semantic Grid: Past, Present, and Future

    D. De Roure;N.R. Jennings;N.R. Shadbolt

  • Linked Open Government Data: Lessons from Data.gov.uk

    N. Shadbolt;K. O'Hara;T. Berners-Lee;N. Gibbins

  • Agent-based Semantic Web Services

    Nicholas Gibbins;Stephen Harris;Nigel Shadbolt

  • Ranking ontologies with AKTiveRank

    Harith Alani;Christopher Brewster;Nigel Shadbolt

  • The Semantic Grid: A Future e‐Science Infrastructure

    David De Roure;Nicholas R. Jennings;Nigel R. Shadbolt

  • The Evolution of the Grid

    David De Roure;Mark A. Baker;Nicholas R. Jennings;Nigel R. Shadbolt

  • 'It's Reducing a Human Being to a Percentage'; Perceptions of Procedural Justice in Algorithmic Decisions

    R Binns;M Van Kleek;M Veale;U Lyngs

  • Creating a Science of Web.

    Nigel. R. Shadbolt

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy Hall
Wendy Hall University of Southampton
Max Van Kleek
Max Van Kleek University of Oxford
Harith Alani
Harith Alani The Open University
David De Roure
David De Roure University of Oxford
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee University of Oxford
Carole Goble
Carole Goble University of Manchester
Nicholas R. Jennings
Nicholas R. Jennings Loughborough University
Jun Zhao
Jun Zhao University of Oxford
mc schraefel
mc schraefel University of Southampton
James A. Hendler
James A. Hendler Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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